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10 Best Movies Like Bubbling Over

If you loved Bubbling Over, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bubbling Over for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours th...

#2
Manon of the Spring

Manon of the Spring

1986★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bubbling Over for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In this, the sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon has grown into a beautiful young shepherdess living in the idyllic Provencal countryside. She plots vengeance on the men who greedily...

#3
Back to School

Back to School

1986★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bubbling Over for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries to fit in with his fellow students, Thornton strugg...

#4
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bubbling Over for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#5
Rocky II

Rocky II

1979★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bubbling Over for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't put his life together outside the...

#6
A Man Escaped

A Man Escaped

1956★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bubbling Over for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison....